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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Whittlesea Community Futures Partnership (WCF) gratefully acknowledges the support of the
Scanlon Foundation which provided funding for the Whittlesea CALD Communities Family Violence
Project scoping exercise.
We would like to thank the following people for their contribution to the scoping exercise and this
report:
Dalal Sleiman – Arabic Speaking Settlement Worker, Whittlesea Community Connections
Felicity Rorke - Manager Family Violence Services, Berry Street
Megan Perry – Team Leader, Mary Anderson Family Violence Service
Abarajitha (Abi) Thiyagerajah – Whittlesea Community Futures Project Officer
We would like to thank the following organisations and their staff for their contribution to the
consultations and the CALD cluster group project meetings:
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Anglicare
Berry Street
City of Whittlesea
InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
Kildonan Uniting Care
Mary Anderson Family Violence Service
Neami
The Office of Women’s Policy
Plenty Valley Community Health
Victoria Police
VicHealth
Whittlesea Community Connections (WCC)
WCC Settlement Team
Whittlesea Community Legal Service

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Whittlesea Community Connections as the lead
agency for the scoping exercise.
We would like to thank each of the Community and Religious leaders who agreed to participate in
the consultations.
We would like to thank the young people who agreed to participate in the group consultation.
Finally we would like to thank each of the women who agreed to share their experiences with us.
Your contribution is extremely valuable and will help other women experiencing family violence.